LeRoy Pernell

Dean and Professor of Law

Florida A&M University College of Law

EDUCATION: OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF LAW, COLUMBUS,

OHIO

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FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE, LANCASTER, PENNA.,

1967-1971 B.A. GOVERNMENT

EMPLOYMENT:

(Teaching)

Dean and Professor of Law

Florida A&M University College of Law

201 Beggs Ave.

Orlando, Florida 32801

January 1, 2008 to date

Dean and Professor of Law

Northern Illinois University College of Law

Rm 270, Swen Parson Hall

August 1, 1997 to date (on leave 07-08)

Vice Provost, Office of Minority Affairs

102 Bricker Hall, Ohio State University

September 1994 to July 31, 1997

Interim Vice Provost, Office of Minority Affairs

102 Bricker Hall, Ohio State University

September 1993 to September 1994

Professor of Law, Ohio State University College of Law

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1659 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210

July 1, 1990 to May 1998

Associate Professor of Law, Ohio State University College of Law

1659 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210

1979 to 1990.

Assistant Professor of Law, Ohio State University College of Law

1659 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210

October 1977 to September 1979

Visiting Instructor, Ohio State University College of Law

1659 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210

October 1976 to September 1977

Adjunct Professor of Law and Clinical Staff Attorney, Ohio State

University College of Law

1659 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210

January 1975 through September 1976.

COURSES TAUGHT:

Criminal Procedure, Juvenile Law, Torts, Product Liability, Juvenile and

Criminal Defense Clinic, Trial Practice, Mental Health. Racism and Law

Seminar. Seminars in Scientific Evidence, Child, Parent and State, Civil

Rights, Post Conviction Relief and Criminal Appeals Clinic.

LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

From 1975 to 1994 I was involved in a series of legislative reform

projects, including advising the state legislature on pending legislation in

the area of civil commitment, juvenile justice, criminal justice and the

submission and subsequent adoption of amendments to pending

legislation.

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Chair, Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, Congressional Black Caucus

Criminal Justice Brain Trust (1982).

Appointed by United States Congressman John Conyers (Rep. Mich.) in

summer 1982 to preside over a Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice and to

report to the Criminal Justice Brain Trust regarding issues arising within

the Juvenile Justice system upon which the Congressional Black Caucus

may focus and/or target for legislative action.

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

In 1982 testified before the criminal justice subcommittee of the Judiciary

Committee of the United States House of Representatives regarding

pending federal habeas corpus legislation. (H.R. 5679)

DIRECTOR CLEO REGIONAL SUMMER INSTITUTE 1981, 1982, AND 1986

In the summers of 1981, 1982, and 1986 I was the director for regional

summer institutes for the Council on Legal Educational Opportunity

(CLEO). The CLEO summer institute is an intensive six-week study and

orientation program for thirty minority/economically disadvantaged law

school applicants designed to aid the transition to law school by

developing basic analytical and writing skills. Students took four law

school style course taught by law faculty from various institutions. The

director's duties included the selection and hiring of teaching faculty and

assistants, the selection and admission of students and the general

administration of the project and budget.

JUDICIAL ACTIVITIES

Democratic Endorsed Candidate for Judge, Franklin County Court of Commons

Pleas, 1986

EMPLOYMENT

(Non-teaching)

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OTTO BEATTY AND ASSOCIATES (OF COUNSEL)

233 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio, 1992-1994

Provided general part-time private practice services on a referral basis

concentrating on a full range of federal and state criminal and juvenile

matters as well as personal injury litigation.

COLUMBUS LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER SOCIETY

40 West Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio

Family-Juvenile Unit, April 1974 - November 1974

Represented juveniles in all phases of delinquency, unruly, dependency

and paternity matters. Represented adults in domestic matters concerning

divorce, child custody, and child support.

Municipal Defender Unit, November 1974 - January 1975

Represented individuals charged with misdemeanors including

arraignment, pretrial, trial and sentencing. Represented individuals

charged with felonies through arraignment and preliminary hearing.

PUBLICATIONS:

Articles

Reflecting on the Dream of the Marathon Man: Black Dean Longevity

and its Impact on Opportunity and Diversity, 38 Toledo Law Review

571 (2007)

A Deans of Color Speak Out: Unique Voice in a Unique Role@, 20 Boston

College Third World Law Journal 43 (2000)

A In Memoriam: Rodolphe Jean Alexander De Seife@ (with Daniel

Reynolds), 19 N. Ill Univ. L. Rev. 221 (1999)

"A Commentary on Professor Goplerud's Article, "NCAA Enforcement

Process: A Call for Procedural Fairness"" 20 Capital Univ. Law Rev. 561 Field Code Changed

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(1991)

"Suffering The Children: 35 Years of Suspension, Expulsion and Beatings

- The Price of Desegregation" 7 Harvard Blackletter Journal 119 (1990)

"Drug Testing of Student Athletes: Some Contract and Tort Implications"

67 Denver University Law Review 279 (1990)

"Reign of the Queen of Hearts: The Declining Significance of the

Presumption of Innocence, - A Brief Commentary" 37 Cleve. St. L. Rev.

393 (lead article) (1990).

"Random Drug Testing of Student Athletes by State Universities in the

Wake of Von Raab and Skinner," 1 Marquette Sports Law Journal. 41

(1990).

In Memoriam - Professor Charles A. Thompson, 44 Ohio St. L. J.

(dedication) (1983)

United States v. Raddatz, Preview of United States Supreme Court

Cases No. 34 (April 23, 1980)

"Interim Detention of Juvenile Delinquents in Ohio: A Proposal for

Controlling Judicial Discretion," 39 Ohio St. L.J. 306 (1978).

Non-Articles:

1981 Testimony on Behalf of the National Conference of Black Lawyers

Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the

Judiciary House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress First and

Second Sessions on H. R. 1647, H.R. Law Revision Serial No. 132, Part 3.

Books:

Chapters

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(Matthew Bender 1967)

Supplements

West's OHIO PRACTICE, Civil Procedure Forms, Vols. 11-12, 1978

Supplement.

West's OHIO PRACTICE, Civil Procedure Forms, Vols. 11-12, 1979

Supplement.

West's OHIO PRACTICE, Civil Procedure Forms, Vols. 11-12, 1980

Supplement.

West's OHIO PRACTICE, Civil Procedure Forms, Vols. 11-12, 1981

Supplement.

West's OHIO PRACTICE, Civil Procedure Forms, Vols. 11-12, 1982

Supplement.

West's OHIO PRACTICE, Civil Procedure Forms, Vols. 11-12, 1983

Supplement.

West's OHIO PRACTICE, Civil Procedure Forms, Vols. 11-12, 1985

Supplement.

West's OHIO PRACTICE, Civil Procedure Forms, Vols. 11-12, 1986

Supplement.

PRESENTATIONS:

DEANS OF COLOR, panel discussion, Second National People of Color

Scholarship Conference, George Washington University Law School,

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October 8, 2004

ILLINOIS BASED EFFECTIVE PRACTICES FOR FACULTY

DIVERSITY, panel discussion, Illinois Board of Higher Education,

University of Illinois, Springfield, Public Affairs Center, July 20, 2004

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR IN

LEGAL ACADEMIA, panel discussion, Midwestern People of Color

Annual Meeting, Cleve-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State

University, Cleveland Ohio, October 10, 2003

RACE AS PROXY, Moderator, panel discussion, DePaul University

College of Law, Law Review, March 8, 2003

DEATH PENALTY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUES, panel

discussion, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Annual Conference, Chicago,

Illinois, July 23, 2002

LEGAL CHALLENGES FACING PEOPLE OF COLOR, Moderator,

Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Chicago, Illinois, May 11, 2002

DIVERSITY ISSUES FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS, Illinois

Board of Higher Education, University of Illinois Springfield,

Springfield, Illinois, May 2, 2002

KEEPING OUR FACULTIES Symposium on Diversity, University of

Minnesota, April 21, 2002

FUTURE TRENDS IN LEGAL EDUCATION First Annual Conference

on the Development of Palestinian Law Schools, DPK Consulting,

Amman, Jordan, March 6, 2002

ETHICS AND INTEGRITY IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS, Waubonise

Community College, October 17, 2001

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ETHICS, RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR STUDENT

ATHLETES, Northern Illinois University Department of Athletics, July

30, 2001

A DEANS AND ADMINISTRATORS CONVERSATION ON THE

FUTURE OF LEGAL EDUCATION, Mid-Atlantic People of Color

Conference, Penn State University, Dickinson College of Law, February

3, 2001

TORT REFORM IN ILLINOIS@, Rockford Illinois Chamber of

Commerce, May 22, 2000

DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM, Faculty Development and

Instructional Design Center, Northern Illinois University, April 17,2000

ISSUES OF LIABILITY@ YMCA Kishwaukee, Illinois, 1999

SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN

CHILDREN, Springfield, Illinois, Rainbow Push Coalition Panel, 1999

RACISM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, (Panel Discussion

with Johnnie Cochran) African American Leadership Conference,

Northern Illinois University, April 16, 1999

DEANS OF COLOR SPEAK OUT, Moderator, National People of Color

Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 27, 1999

LAW SCHOOL EXAM TAKING TECHNIQUES, Minority Legal

Education Resources (MLER), Loyola University College of Law,

Chicago, 1997-2000

TRANSFORMATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST

CENTURY, National College Band Directors Association, Austin, Texas,

February 24, 1998

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"RACIAL BIAS IN THE COURTROOM Ohio Judicial College, February

22, 1991

"URINE DRUG TESTING: A MEDICAL AND A LEGAL

VIEWPOINT" AWISCO and AWMA, November 27, 1990

"DRUG TESTING AS A MECHANISM TO CONTROL SUBSTANCE

ABUSE: ETHICAL, CONSTITUTIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL

ISSUES" Ohio Center for Law Related Education, First Annual Sports

and Law Conference, October 15, 1990

"CASE LAW UPDATE: JUVENILE LAW," Public Defender Association

Conference on Juvenile Justice, June 22-23, 1989.

"CRITERIA AND BASIS FOR INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION,"

before Ohio Hospital Association, September 22, 1978.

"PRE-TRIAL DETENTION, SHELTER CARE AND THE RIGHT TO

BAIL," before Juvenile Law Seminar, Ohio Public Defenders Association,

December 1977.

"LEGAL ISSUES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN GENETIC

COUNSELING," before Genetics and Genetic Counseling Center,

Children's Hospital and School of Allied Medical Professions, The Ohio

State University, May 9, 1979.

"WHAT THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SHOULD EXPECT FROM A

TRIAL COMPETENCY EVALUATION," before Ohio Department of

Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1977.

"INTERIM DETENTION OF JUVENILES," UPFRONT, WCOL-FM

Radio, January 1979.

"IMPLICATIONS OF THE BAKKE DECISION," Focus on Columbus

WCMH Television, June, 1978

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"SEXISM AND RACISM IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM,"

Association for Juvenile Justice in Ohio, National Council on Crime and

Delinquency, September 29, 1979.

"PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY," Medical Ethics Rounds, Ohio

State University College of Medicine, March 8, 1980.

"CIVIL COMMITMENT," Ohio State Legal Services Association,

September 18, 1977.

AWARDS AND

APPOINTMENTS:

Recipient, Extraordinary Leadership Award, Second National People of

Color Scholarship Conference, October 7-10, 2004

Elected, Board of Trustees, Law School Admissions Council

Trustee Liaison, Law School Admissions Council, Audit Committee

American Law Institute Members Consultative Group on Criminal

Sentencing

American Law Institute Members Consultative Group on Restatement of

Torts 3rd

Elected, American Law Institute, May 18, 2000

The Juvenile Justice Initiative, Steering Committee Member, Chicago,

Illinois

Illinois Equal Justice Project, Illinois State Bar Association, 2000

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Chair, Commission on the Status of Minorities, Northern Illinois

University

Merit Reappointment Committee for the Magistrate of the United States

District Court, for the Northern District of Illinois, 1999

American Bar Association, Task Force on Diversity, 1999

Citizens for Independent Courts (now The Constitution Project), 1998

Consultant, Practice Skills for New Lawyers, Illinois State Bar

Association, 2000

Rules and Governance Committee of the University Council, Northern

Illinois University Council, 1998

Visiting Scholar, Columbia University School of Law, 1988

Governor's Commission on Socially Disadvantaged Black Males,

Criminal Justice and Victimization Sub-Committee, 1989-1990

Governor's Council on Juvenile Justice, 1988

Franklin County Task Force on Juvenile Justice 1988

Recipient 1986 Ohio State University Distinguished Affirmative Action

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

American Civil Liberties Union

Transition Committee on Civil Rights, Governor Blagojevich

Transition Advisory Panel, Attorney General Lisa Madigan

Law School Admission Council, Program and Services Committee, 2001

Law School Admission Council, Minority Affairs Committee, 2000

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Honorary Member, Delta Theta Phi, Legal Fraternity

Member Mock Inspection Team, Florida A&M College of Law,

September 8-9, 2003

American Bar Association, Committee on Legal Education, Chair,

Sabbatical Inspection of Creighton University School of Law, 2002

Association of American Law Schools Representative, ABA Committee

on Legal Education, Sabbatical Inspection of University of South Carolina

School of Law, 2002

American Bar Association, Committee on Legal Education, Sabbatical

Inspection of Georgia State University College of Law, 2000

American Judicature Society, 1999

Past Member, Ohio State University Athletic Council

Past Vice-Chair, OSU Athletic Council, 1986

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Past-Chair, Nominating Committee OSU University Athletic Council

Member, Ohio State University Committee on Affirmative Action Policy

Revision

Hearing Officer, University Faculty Review Panel

Past-Chair, Sports and Law Section, Association of American Law

Schools

Past-Chair, Minority Group Section, Association of American Law

Schools

Board Member, Columbus Montessori Educational Center

Past President, Board of Trustees, Association for the Developmentally

Disabled

Past President, Board of Trustees Youth Advocate Services

Past Member, Board of Trustees, Mental Health Advocates

Past Board Member, Columbus Legal Aid Society

Member, Law Professor's Advisory Committee, NAACP Legal Defense

Fund

Past Board Member, Franklin County Children's Services, Citizens

Council; Chairperson, Subcommittee of the Developmentally Disabled

Child

Past Member, Service and Program Committee, Franklin County

Children's Services Board

Past Member, Advisory Committee, Rights of the Institutionalized Project,

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio

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Co-Founder and Past Chair, National Conference of Black Lawyers,

Columbus Chapter

Faculty Advisor, Black Law Student Association

American Bar Association

Ohio State Bar Association

Columbus Bar Association

BAR ADMISSIONS:

Admitted to Practice -- State of Ohio, November, 1974; United States

District Court, Northern District of Ohio, October 1975; Southern District

of Ohio, August, 1976; United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit,

December 1976.

Personal Information

Home:

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Office:

Florida A&M University

College of Law

201 Beggs Ave.

Orlando, Florida 32801

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